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The Tunnel was hailed by many as an indisputable masterpiece, reviled by others as a suffocating and overwhelming experiment, and has been voraciously studied by readers ever since. The story of a middle-aged history professor who, upon nearing completion of his magnum opus, "Guilt and Innocence in Hitler's Germany," finds himself implicated in his own research, and begins to write a parallel work of history: his own life’s story.

The Complete Original Works of William Shakespeare is a monumental archive of the human soul. For over four hundred years, these works have been the gold standard of storytelling, influencing everything from high art to modern cinema.

From the New York Times bestselling author of The River We Remember, a new mystery in the wildly popular Cork O’Connor series. Cork O’Connor, preparing for a family trip into the Boundary Waters, is troubled by ominous visions about his future. Ignoring the warnings, he uncovers signs of...

From Dr. Sasha Hamdani, board-certified psychiatrist and one of the most trusted voices in digital mental health, comes a groundbreaking exploration of an overlooked and frequently misunderstood phenomenon: emotional sensitivity. Too much. Too emotional. Too sensitive. These are the labels often...

An instant audio classic! Sir Patrick Stewart draws upon his decades on the Shakespearean stage to bring listeners an all-new, definitive recording of the complete Sonnets—an audio treasury of incandescent performances and insightful personal commentary. Already beloved by audiobook listeners...

Since its publication in 1960, William L. Shirer’s monumental study of Hitler’s German empire has been widely acclaimed as the definitive record of the 20th century’s blackest hours. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich offers an unparalleled and thrillingly told examination of how Adolf Hitler nearly succeeded in conquering the world. With millions of copies in print around the globe, it has attained the status of a vital and enduring classic.

William Golding's classic novel of primitive savagery and survival is one of the most vividly realized and riveting works in modern fiction. The tale begins after a plane wreck deposits a group of English school boys, aged six to twelve on an isolated tropical island. Their struggle to survive...

The internet has revolutionized how individuals and businesses speak to each other, conduct business, and flourish. People used to go there to talk about their ideas, but today it's a place where people can live, companies can thrive, and opportunities come up faster than before. Things change rapidly, so it's not enough to be distinctive and grab notice every once in a while. Do it all the time.

I am Zaysan. People all over the world know me by, Z. I have had a very different life than most. It seems that it has always led to the extremes. I do not look for these things, but they just seem to come to me. Since this is the norm for me, I feel I approach and handle these events in my life differently than others. That is what led to this recent event. I was in what was a normal day for me. I was hiking in the jungle, many miles from anything. I noticed something that did not fit into the journey I was on. A lady, that in no way, fit what would be expected here. She was beautifully ...

Already cited on the floor of Congress and discussed in the corridors of the Pentagon as a book all Americans should read, One Second After is the story of a war scenario that could become all too terrifyingly real. Based upon a real weapon - the Electro Magnetic Pulse (EMP) - which may already be in the hands of our enemies, it is a truly realistic look at the awesome power of a weapon that can destroy the entire United States.

Vietnam, 1968. A sergeant. Seven men. A ridge that doesn't care if they live or die. Sergeant Jack Calhoun has nineteen months in-country and two tours behind him. He knows how to keep men alive. He knows how to read terrain, clean a weapon, and walk into a kill zone without letting the fear take his hands. What he doesn't know is how to follow an order he knows will destroy his squad. When Bravo Company is ordered to assault a fortified ridge in the Central Highlands — against an enemy force three times the size that intelligence admits, with eight minutes of artillery support instead of...

Ash's life is anything but normal these days. Having understood his Dao, he's grown in power. In this world of martial arts, only the strong and the ruthless survive. Utilizing the Hall, the voice in his head that calls itself Locke, those who have aligned with his faction, and all the powers available to him, Ash has begun his own journey of Cultivation. Except that as a Fated One, his journey is a narrow and winding path between two cosmic forces. Arriving at a world similar to his own, Ash has found a modern realm filled with all the things one would expect.

A hard-hitting investigation into how the Pentagon’s runaway spending embroils America in foreign wars, squanders its wealth, and enriches a privileged elite “A damning indictment of the conflicts of interest running rampant in the defense establishment.”―Publishers Weekly America spends...

Every surgery patient receives instructions about physical preparation. Almost no one receives guidance on how to work with their nervous system to support recovery. This guide fills that gap. Preparing Your Body to Heal is written for anyone facing a medical procedure who wants to contribute to their own recovery in every way they can. Drawing on research in surgical psychology, neuroscience, and mind-body medicine, psychologists William Matulich, Ph.D. and Shirley Lanyi, Ph.D. explain how your nervous system responds to your internal language, and how that response shapes the biological ...

The epic saga of Smoke Jensen takes a wild and dangerous turn when the legendary mountain man joins a wagon train of war widows—on a doomed journey through hell . . . Big Rock, Colorado, has seen its share of wagon trains pass through town, but never one like this. For starters, it's led by a...

Six men. Five days. One rule: the enemy never knows you were there. Vietnam, 1968. Staff Sergeant Dolan Mast leads a six-man Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol into the Dak Kram valley to observe an NVA supply cache and report what he finds. The intelligence estimate says thirty enemy soldiers. From the helicopter, Dolan counts smoke from three separate cooking fires, spaced at tactical intervals. The estimate is wrong by a factor of four. The mission is simple. Get in. Watch. Get out. Do not fire a shot. Do not leave a trace. Spend five days lying in the dirt forty meters from a hundred and ...

Set during the time of the Napoleonic Wars, this classic gives a satirical picture of a worldly society. The novel revolves around the exploits of the impoverished but beautiful and devious Becky Sharp who craves wealth and a position in society. Calculating and determined to succeed, she charms, deceives and manipulates everyone she meets. A novel of early 19th-century English society, it takes its title from the place designated as the centre of human corruption in John Bunyan's 17th-century allegory.

Neuromancer is the multiple award-winning novel that launched the astonishing career of William Gibson. The first fully-realized glimpse of humankind's digital future, it is a shocking vision that has challenged our assumptions about our technology and ourselves, reinvented the way we speak and...

The bestselling adaptation of the iconic video game Halo: Combat Evolved featuring the Master Chief—part of the expanded universe based on the award-winning video game series! 2552. Having barely escaped the final battle for Reach against the vast alien alliance known as the Covenant, the crew...